Best gaming upgrade path for $450?

I don't want to clutter things up by starting a whole new thread, but my brother is looking to upgrade his PC so he can actually run some modern titles—you know, stuff like Battlefield 1, GTA, or Overwatch that are actually playable these days.
He’s got a budget of about $1000 to work with.
His current setup was put together back in June of 2014, and it was all custom-built and purchased from Micro Center.

AMD Radeon RX series 1GB GDDR5 OC
MSI A320 without a PSU
Western Digital 500GB SATA3 32MB 7200rpm
ASUS motherboard
AMD Ath II X4 750K BOX FM2
2x DDR3 4Gb (1x4) Kingston 1600MHz HX
EVGA power supply
Cooler Master CPU cooler

His monitor is an AOC E2250SWDAK 22" WLED LCD

Basically, they should just grab this:

https://www.amd.com/en/consumer-graphics/graphics-cards/amd-radeon-rx-series

Then, I’d suggest overclocking the processor. Since the motherboard is pretty decent and there's a good Cooler Master CPU cooler, plus an unlocked multiplier, maybe they could push it to 4.2GHz? It might help out the new graphics card, though I guess the CPU will still be a bit of a bottleneck.

Regarding the processors, I think it's better to wait until March.😉

Personally, I’d probably aim for an LGA 1151 socket setup paired with some DDR3 memory—maybe run an i5-6400.

Take a scenario where you have four RAM slots available. click ...or something like that (I think they're closed this week).
CPU.

That should bring it just under the mark. $667, na $333 Whatever profit you have left over from the sale—maybe around $100 or so—I’d suggest putting that right back into the build. $100), mbo (cca $83I need help with my GPU (roughly... $150At these price points, there shouldn't be any trouble moving them. It basically means... $667Plus, at that price point, you can actually snag even... ovo And you’ve got a massive upgrade on your hands!

Timothy Kim60 said:Personally, I’d lean toward an LGA 1151 motherboard supporting DDR3 paired with an i5-6400

For instance, if you grab one with four RAM slots click or something similar—though I believe those might be out of stock lately
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All told, that should run you just under $667, and at $333, you could take whatever cash you scrape together from selling off your old gear—the CPU (maybe $100), the motherboard (around $83), and the GPU (roughly $150). At those price points, you shouldn't have any trouble finding a buyer, right? So, we're looking at a total gain of about $667+ bucks, and for that amount, you can actually snag this setup, which would be a massive upgrade
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Actually, I think we might end up going with that exact route! I'll tell him he should just save up a tiny bit more extra cash and simply pull the trigger on that upgrade, so he can just relax and enjoy all his games for the next few years without a worry in the world.
Thanks for the help, guys.